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Workmen Flock To Idle Town To Await Revival Of Business
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keywords: Depression-Era, New York City, Hooverville, Idle Town, Jobless Workers, Unemployed
Synopsis: Close to the heart of New York City a Depression-Era shanty town is built by jobless workers named Idle Town ready with employment resumes with town having a community kitchen, laundry service and a barbershop...(read more)
- Date: 1932
- Duration: 00:00:56
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Workmen Flock To Idle Town To Await Revival Of Business
During the depression era of 1932 two hundred unemployed, jobless laborers have established a shanty town or Hooverville almost in the heart of New York City, to be on hand when employment resumes. Headed by an iron-jawed Texas sailor, a Mayor of sorts, the men keep their shacks and their streets clean, operate community kitchens, a laundry service and even a barbershop.
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- Newsreels: 1932 - August 11
